Ashes Like Frost: Frost-Touched Jade

I really feel for Runyu. If the Runyu in the novel was evil from the start, the Runyu in the drama was truly innocent at first. He simply fell in love with someone and, with no other choice, went about it the wrong way. Why couldn't he have a happy ending?

I remember Runyu's line: "How can someone who has never known the bustle of life speak of loneliness?" It really hit me in the heart.

So I wanted to write the ending I dreamed of for him.

The premise is that Runyu is reborn and returns to the time when he first met Jinmi.

Given another chance, perhaps he'll realize that sincerity, not schemes, is what matters most in love.

The plot draws on both the drama and the novel. The characters stay true to the original.

A note on some of the details: As in the novel, Xiaoyu Xianguan's mother is already dead, but Runyu knows how she really died. He never took the Fu Meng Dan, so he and the Empress are very much at odds. Including his mother would make the conspiracy angle more prominent and the story more complicated. My abilities are limited, and I just want the two of them to develop their relationship, so I left that out.

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